OBIT: Thomas E. KOONTZ, 1980, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KOONTZ
  
  Thomas E. Koontz, 93, of Stoystown, died Dec. 4, 1980, at Somerset
  Community Hospital.  Born Feb. 2, 1887, in Quemahoning Township, son
  of Jacob and Susan (Wingard) Koontz.  Preceded in death by parents;
  first wife, the former Mary Smith; second wife, the former Elizabeth
  Engle; third wife, the former Edith (Taylor) Coffroth; son Donald;
  one granddaughter; eight sisters and four brothers.  He is survived
  by these children: Mrs. Phyllis Stutzman, Stoystown; John F., married
  to Emily Custer, Stoystown RD 1; six grandchildren, two
  great-grandchildren.  Step-sons: Judge Charles Coffroth and Attorney
  Taylor Coffroth, both of Windber.  Retired coal miner and butcher,
  having owned and operated the Koontz Slaughter Shop in the Stoystown
  area for 30 years.  He was a member of the Grace Lutheran Church,
  Stoystown, and he had served 18 years on the local school board. 
  Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Saturday in Deaner
  Funeral Home, Stoystown, where services will be conducted at 2 p.m.
  Sunday, the Rev. Ronald C. Long.  Interment, Odd Fellows Cemetery,
  Stoystown.
  
  Daily American, December 6, 1980
  
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